Today is MY turn to share ONE of THREEHoliday Project Ideas using products from Xyron and our Favorite Companies. I'm so excited to be part of this celebration and share with you some of my Holiday Ideas.

For today's Holiday Project I have a fun Christmas NOEL Banner to share with you all. So be sure to grab a cup of your favorite drink along with a snack and come back to learn how to put one together yourself!

This NOEL Banner is a GREAT way to decorate any mantle, door, or like I did - a small stand where I display my most recent cards/projects. Are you ready to get started?!

~*~ NOEL BANNER TUTORIAL ~*~

- Oops, as I was writing this tutorial I noticed that I mixed up the pictures and grouped them out of order. But all the details below should still give you an idea of how to put the banner together. Sorry for the mix up. -

A Maya Road "Granny's Mini Wood Doilies" painted white, ran thru my Xyron 3" Create A Sticker Machine and sprinkled with Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter was layered on top of the Paper Rosettes. I love using this technique to add glitter to my embellishment because it gives me an even coat of adhesive allowing my glitter to cover all of my item. A few dots of the

To spell out "NOEL" I used the Maya Road "Lisa Uppercase Alphabet" Chipboard Letters. The letters were misted using the Maya Road "Red Pepper" Maya Mist and then glimmered with some Pearl Glimmer Mist for a sparkling shine. I adhered the letters to the wooden doilies using some dimensionals I made myself using Red Craft Foam and the Xyron 1.5" Create A Sticker Machine. I love making my own dimensionals because I can match them to the color of my embellishment making them almost invisiable yet getting a good height of dimension - notice how raised my "Letter E" is but you can't really see the foam.

It's time to start putting the NOEL Banner together. To do this I used the NEW Teresa Collins Chipboard Punch. The chipboard punch includes an adjustable paper guide, which I extended out towards the 11" mark to punch my circles closer to the side edges. I simply flipped my banner over to the backside to get the second hole punch.

Lastly, I added a Red Sheer Ribbon layered with some more blue buttons and "Honeydew" Twine - available at My Craft Spot - using a Xyron 3/8" High Tack Adhesive Dots and two jingle bells to each end. And now your "NOEL Banner" is COMPLETE!!

I hope you are still with me and have ENJOYED my "NOEL Banner" + Tutorial. I'd LOVE to see what you come up using some Xyron Products, so be sure to leave me link to your blog.

I'd also LOVE to hear what you think about this "NOEL Banner" so be sure to leave me comment. You NEVER know when I might just pick a RANDOM winner. *wink*wink*

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